Nokia Corp. said today it would offer its mid-tier, touchscreen smartphone — the 5800 XpressMusic — in the United States for $400, with no carrier support. The news undercut Nokia’s public statements that it has approached the U. ... Read More »

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the fourth quarter. ... Read More »

What a strange paradoxical digital world this is, with its seemingly endless supply of free content gushing through broadband pipes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. How can this be? Is there such a thing ... Read More »

Mobile adult-content market remains a tough market, with projections it may reach $4.9 billion by 2013, propelled in part by increasing demand for video chat services, according to a report from Juniper Research. ... Read More »

There have been some press releases lately announcing the formation of a White Spaces Database Group that has voluntarily come together to identify and establish open and non-proprietary formats and protocols which may eventually ... Read More »

Mobile video is slowly gaining traction among U.S. consumers, according to new figures from The Nielsen Company. ... Read More »

MobiTV Inc. has reached its latest milestone, surpassing 6 million customers on its managed mobile media service. Indeed the company is moving quite quickly; MobiTV reached the 4 million customer mark in August, meaning 2 ... Read More »

­The approaching switchover to all-digital television broadcasting in the United States and other major countries will create an unprecedented opportunity for the mobile TV market, according to a new study from ABI Research. ... Read More »

Content from NBC and CBS is among the most popular with viewers of mobile video, with many tuning in to watch hour-long dramas — a format that initially thought to be unwieldy and unpopular with mobile viewers, reports ... Read More »

Congress approved legislation to postpone the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, capping a fiercely-partisan House debate today that forces wireless carriers to wait another four months to get 700 MHz licenses they ... Read More »

The wireless industry suddenly faces a delay of its own, with digital TV legislation likely headed to the White House soon that will force wireless carriers to wait about four months longer to access 700 MHz spectrum licenses ... Read More »

The Senate approved a digital TV delay bill initially rejected in the House, likely setting the stage for legislation lacking certain concessions requested by wireless and public-safety sectors to be passed and signed into law by ... Read More »

While House Republicans managed to initially stifle House approval of a bill to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, Democrats who control Congress are pursuing a new strategy likely to result in passage next ... Read More »

Fiscal first-quarter revenue for Qualcomm Inc. reached $2.52 billion, up 3% year-on-year — the high-end of the company’s prior guidance — and net income reached $341 million, down 56% from the year-ago quarter. ... Read More »

A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone's camera is used, in an effort to stem the voyeuristic tide of revealing, ... Read More »

Congress is poised to approve legislation postponing the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, with the public safety and mobile-phone sectors unable to win many concessions they sought. ... Read More »

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said a compromise reached on a bill to delay the digital TV transition to June 12 includes a carve-out for first responders, setting the stage for a floor vote and ... Read More »

By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than virtually any other televised event in U.S. history — including the Super Bowl. ... Read More »

So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising by leveraging cellphone texting, the Internet and ... Read More »

Winston Guillory, president of the company behind AT&T Inc.'s CruiseCast, clued us in on what the service entails. CruiseCast streams television channels to the vehicle through an antenna on top of the car. In fact, Guillory ... Read More »

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin today announced his resignation, marking an ending to a turbulent tenure in which he often found himself at odds with the mobile-phone industry and the Democratic-controlled ... Read More »

Congressional Republican and industry opposition are mounting over President-elect Barack Obama’s call to delay next-month’s digital television transition, with the nation’s two largest telecom carriers divided over how Congress ... Read More »

Attention mobile video entrepreneurs: One of the top executives at leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is eager to find a mobile video company that offers “truly mobile video,” and he hasn’t seen it ... Read More »

AT&T CruiseCast announced pricing for its satellite video service for the car due in March, and said its service will also be offered to Avis/Budget rental cars customers in April. ... Read More »

Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like "CSI" and "Survivor" on Verizon's FiOS TV service as well as its wireless network. ... Read More »

The Open Mobile Video Coalition said it will launch mobile DTV services across 63 stations in 22 markets, covering 35% of U.S. television markets. ... Read More »

Sling Media has whipped up a prototype of SlingPlayer for Mac HD, as well as a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone. ... Read More »

MobiTV has struck a new content deal with CBS to include popular shows from the network in its lineup of mobile TV channels. ... Read More »

Research firm Gartner says costs will likely rule out profits anytime soon for mobile TV service providers in Hong Kong ... Read More »

Welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2008 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that have happened in the wireless industry, we can’t help but wonder how things will look a ... Read More »

Babelgum, launched by the founder of the Italian telecommunication company Fastweb as a Web site that streams video for free, has set itself apart from sites like YouTube that are partially outlets for amateur video by providing ... Read More »

Wireless video services and trials are spinning their wheels all over the world, but MobiTV Inc. somehow continues to gain traction. The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm has parlayed $100-plus million in venture capital into an ... Read More »

Mobile TV services are expected to generate revenues of $1.5 billion this year and increase to more than $10 billion in 2013, according to a new study from Informa Telecoms & Media. ... Read More »

Nitpickers will find some legitimate reasons to turn their noses up at PhoneFlix, but when it comes to the most obvious and important use cases, PhoneFlix delivers. A keeper for Netflix subscribers who carry the G1. ... Read More »

Buzzwire Inc. bagged a new leader, hiring former Newsweek president and worldwide publisher Greg Osberg to expand its network of content and carrier partners. ... Read More »

MobiTV Inc. announced its 5 millionth viewer just four months after it surpassed the 4-million-user mark. ... Read More »

Move over YouTube. MySpace lovers can now access video from the social-networking monster on their handsets. MySpace, along with video technology vendor RipCode, announced that MySpace mobile users can view all MySpace video ... Read More »

The streaming site of Slingbox maker Sling Media opens up to the public, delivering TV episodes, clips, and full-length movies to a single destination. ... Read More »

According to The Nielsen Company’s just released "A2/M2 Three Screen Report," that U.S. usage of TV, Internet and Mobile -- the Three Screens -- continues to increase. ... Read More »

Mobile TV has a lot of things going for it: a ton of hype, an eye-catching wow factor and, in one case, an $800 million dedicated network. But it doesn’t have viewers. And that isn’t going to change anytime soon. ... Read More »

Verizon Wireless has partnered with FunMobility to provide a new video service for customers. ... Read More »

It’s no sin (well, not a big one, anyway) for a mobile content company to cash in on stuff that will soon be available free. Rock On Altitude won’t rock your world — and it’s the kind of thing that can be had at countless ... Read More »

It seems all the pieces are in place for traditional television broadcasters to tap the perennially hyped mobile video space. Well, all the pieces except the business models, anyway. ... Read More »

In an industry first, customers of Sprint Nextel cellular service on Thursday were able to watch a live National Football League broadcast, the Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos, on their handsets. ... Read More »

During Tuesday night’s presidential election, millions of Americans used their handsets to communicate via text message. ... Read More »

ABC leads in ratings, CNN tops for cable ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire Corp. mergers, while also voting to allow unlicensed devices to operate in ... Read More »

Wondering whether the ripples from the Wall Street implosion will rock the wireless world? They already are, according to Laura Marriott. ... Read More »

New numbers from comScore show that 6.5 million Americans watched mobile video in August. AT&T, which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, was tops among providers, with 4.4 percent of subscribers accessing programmed or on- ... Read More »

Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers, consummating a relationship that was supposed to come together four ... Read More »

So far, despite massive lobbying over scheduled Nov. 4 votes on white spaces, wireless mergers, the universal service fund and intercarrier-compensation reforms, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has yet ... Read More »

Company behind an application that can turn video, images, and slideshows into a personalized ringtone experience inks a deal to bring its service to Turkey. ... Read More »

Qik has announced an alpha version of the Qik video-sharing application for the BlackBerry. The Qik application will allow BlackBerry uses to stream live video around the world. ... Read More »

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. ... Read More »

Broadcasting groups filed an emergency request at the Federal Communications Commission, effectively asking that a vote not be taken Nov. 4 to allow unlicensed devices in white spaces and that instead comments be sought on a ... Read More »

Spending on mobile broadcast TV services is expected to reach only $2.7 billion by 2013, less than previous forecasts indicated, according to Juniper Research. ... Read More »

Teaming up with FremantleMedia to give viewers a chance to win prizes from the comfort of their couch. ... Read More »

The history of mobile data teems with unrestrained hyperbole and hockey-stick projections that all too often flatten as they become low-grade inclines of uptake. But — and stop us if you’ve heard this one before — the future has ... Read More »

Global IP Solutions released a video engine it said can deliver high-quality peer-to-peer videoconferencing on smartphones. ... Read More »

­The increasing availability of mobile handsets capable of receiving free-to-air analogue and digital terrestrial TV signals will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile broadcast TV networks, according to a new ... Read More »

Nokia launches its new flagship mobile handset, the N96, today, and as well as impressive photo, gaming and video functionality, users can also run the BBC’s iPlayer through an embedded application. ... Read More »

While today's cell phones offer a wide range of multimedia functions it's sometimes difficult for users to make the most of everything the handsets offer. ... Read More »

Mobile-video service to deliver on-demand episodes of popular ABC primetime shows. ... Read More »

NBC Universal deemed its coverage of the Beijing Olympics a “ringing success,” with its games-dedicated mobile Web site drawing more than 6.5 million unique visitors and 36 million page views, according to Omniture data. ... Read More »

The wireless ecosystem has come to a fascinating stage of its development. The past couple of years have produced plenty of industry fanfare about LTE and mobile WiMAX debuting as 4G technologies. Meanwhile, consumers are just ... Read More »

CMMB may not be the only mobile TV standard in China for long, as Legend Silicon is rolling out more new digital TV chips based on China's terrestrial digital television broadcast standard called GB20600-2006, designed for both ... Read More »

Programs like Meet or Delete and Engine Room, which are created for marketers and feature products interwoven into the plots, are becoming more popular among execs at TV networks. Such shows, known on Madison Ave. ... Read More »

San Francisco — Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners are hoping music lovers will shell out for devices that come with ... Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO -- Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners are hoping music lovers will shell out for devices that come with ... Read More »

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were touted as a potential springboard for mobile video, an event that could help push the application beyond early adopters and gadget geeks and into the mainstream. ... Read More »

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has tapped buzzd to power an ad-supported, location-based entertainment offering from its home deck. ... Read More »

Over the next few years the three major mobile operators in North America will deploy their respective next-generation broadband wireless technologies. Sprint Nextel, through its Clearwire relationship, will deploy Mobile WiMAX ... Read More »

Just as the Federal Communications Commission appears ready to settle the great white-spaces debate — one predominantly framed to date by a powerful broadcast lobby fearing costly disruption to digital signals from unlicensed ... Read More »

Cricket Communications Inc. said it is giving customers all the video their eyes can take, for $5 a month. The subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., Cricket is offering unlimited mobile video service, allowing customers ... Read More »

As you may know, this week’s Democratic National Convention — right here in RCRWireless.com’s beautiful, mile-high backyard — is very much a wireless affair. ... Read More »

MediaFLO USA Inc. expanded its live news coverage with three new channels of 24-hour-a-day content. ... Read More »

There is a ride in Disneyland called “Fantasy Land.” The ride consists of park guests loading into a boat and floating down a mystic river, admiring miniaturized models of scenes from fairy tales. One can see Cinderella’s castle, ... Read More »

Open Mobile Video Coalition to work with Advanced Television Systems Committee to speed standards process. ... Read More »

Companies give insufficient focus to the mobile Web, according to Hugh Griffiths, director of mobile at Microsoft. "At the very least, brands have an opportunity to create a great experience for users," he says. ... Read More »

Google has launched another round in the PR battle over American white space, with a new website asking visitors to sign a petition to convince the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the spaces between TV channels. ... Read More »

Google Inc. is toying with display ads on its popular YouTube mobile site. ... Read More »

CNN announced on Tuesday that it would assign journalists to 10 cities across the United States, a move that would double the number of domestic cities where the cable news network has outposts. ... Read More »

Despite billions invested in turning mobile phones into pocket TV sets, the public continues to find it all a giant yawn. A study by TMC Media published earlier this month suggests that peak-time viewing of direct broadcast TV on ... Read More »

The rollout and consumer uptake of mobile video has been slower than expected for wireless carriers. But watch out, assembling just over the horizon is a new mobile video technology that promises to shake up this already ... Read More »

Mobile video revenue will exceed $3.5 billion this year, driven by consumer demand for personalization and entertainment content on their mobile phones, according to new research from MultiMedia Intelligence. ... Read More »

If there’s one lesson to be gleaned from all the mobile TV trials in the last year or so, it’s that users aren’t very interested in paying for the stuff. In just the last couple of weeks: ... Read More »

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when ... Read More »

Mobile TV provider MobiTV said it now counts 4 million subscribers to its mobile video programming service. That’s an increase from 3 million customers just 10 months ago. ... Read More »

Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast. This week it's all about the Olympics, which are set to kick off Friday. Eyes from around the world will be on Beijing, and wireless users will have plenty of ways to follow the action ... Read More »

Toshiba Corp. said it will shut down its four-year-old, satellite-based digital multimedia broadcasting service, which it offers via its Mobile Broadcasting Corp. business unit. ... Read More »

Time was when the bloody white- spaces spat was nice and neat, with mostly high-tech giants seeking more spectrum for Wi-Fi pitted against television broadcasters fearful of interference to digital signals from wireless devices ... Read More »

Mobile video phone sales reached nearly $99 million in 2007 and should experience strong growth during the next five years despite worries about profitability of mobile video services, according to a new report from Infonetics. ... Read More »

Patrick Maurer is no techie. “I can barely work my toaster,” says the lanky 29-year-old sales rep with the self-described “tennis player” hairstyle. But Patrick may represent the most promising aspect of mobile marketing and ... Read More »

Stephen King fans can check out the author’s latest work on their phones through a deal between Marvel Entertainment, CBS Mobile and Simon & Schuster subsidiary Scribner. ... Read More »

So, the MVNO Virgin Mobile wanted a viral way to promote its phones while also donating clothing to nonprofits that clothe homeless teens. Sounds like a noble goal, and nothing could go wrong, right? Well, it can get sticky if ... Read More »

Despite the sometimes-notion that content is a commodity, Viacom Chief Phillippe Dauman said that there's never been a better time to be in the business of creating shows, films or casual games thanks to the Internet. ... Read More »

Ever wanted to stream live video from your phone to a friend or family member somewhere? What about archive video you've shot from your phone directly to the Web? Qik lets you do both. Today, Qik officially entered public beta. ... Read More »

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is pushing its recently launched Instinct handset with a viral video campaign on Break.com ... Read More »

ESPN and MediaFLO USA Inc. launched a dedicated channel to bring X Games coverage to mobile users. ... Read More »

Marketing firm Fuse talks to Sony, MTV Networks, Yahoo, and Nokia to find out what the future of technology will look like for the teens. The conclusion: It's mobile. ... Read More »